~The Shadow Pulse~

EIRA

By early hours of the day, I still hadn’t slept. The entire night had been a blur of strange dreams and a child crying, someone whispering my name and flashes of red light behind my eyelids.

When I finally opened my eyes, Elrich was standing near the window, speaking quietly through the mind-link. His shoulders were stiff, and that alone told me something was wrong. He was trying to communicate with someone, but with who?

He turned as soon as I shifted on the bed. ...